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the same conditions. Morgan and his opponent Simpson had both faced lengthy journeys to their previous matches and were scheduled to finish their match on 3 October. Four days before the final was due to commence, Morgan and Simpson agreed to tell Charlton that whichever of them won the semi-final would refuse to play him unless what they saw as the advantages that Charlton would gain from playing with his own set of balls on a table of his choosing were removed. Morgan defeated Simpson 19–11 and then travelled from their match location in Muswellbrook, New South Wales, to Sydney, then flew to Melbourne the following morning, the day the final was due to start. When he arrived, he discovered that the match had been set up on the same table as Charlton had played his previous matches on, with the same balls, and refused to play. Charlton claimed victory by
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was promoted by Charlton, through his eponymous company. Charlton played his quarter-final and semi-final using his personal set of snooker balls, on a table of his choosing at the venue, finishing his final on 30 September. He stipulated that the final, scheduled for 4 October, would be played under
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match, and increased this to 17–14 before Charlton won the next three frames to equalise. Morgan then regained a lead at 18–17, but Charlton took the following two frames to progress to the final after the deciding frame, 19–18. A break of 104 by Morgan was the highest of the tournament. Morgan and
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8–4 in the first round. In Thorburn's autobiography, he claims that after Morgan lost the first frame, he took his tie off, then after Thorburn went 3–1 up, Morgan took his waistcoat off, and after the score went to 4–1, Morgan drop kicked his chalk out of the arena. Thorburn states that he had
192:, and in 1961, 538–357 against Tony Matthews. In 1959 he entered the British junior snooker championship, and lost 2–3 to Bend in the semi-finals after taking a 2–0 lead. In the deciding frame, Morgan 231:, against M. Gill in the final, and the All-Ireland Snooker Championship, defeating J. Rogers. He won the All-Ireland title again in 1967, this time against Dessie Anderson, and also won the 1967 669: 189: 520:
at the second stage. In 1984 he again lost in the World Professional Billiards championship quarter-final to the player who went on to win the tournament, this time 759–1,347 to
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title against Rogers. In billiards, he was Northern Ireland runner-up to Anderson in 1966, and All-Ireland champion in 1967 (against Billy Loughan) and 1968 (against Anderson).
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in the World Open Billiards Championship, which featured both amateurs and professionals competing against each other, losing the final 2,404–3,055. In snooker, he defeated
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in about 1985, and started playing whilst wearing adjustable spectacles. At the 1991 UK Professional Billiards Championship, he lost 211–1,482 in his first match, against
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and Simpson also played in the tournament. He lost 3–37 to Higgins in the final of the Victorian Professional Championship held in Melbourne the following month. At the
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A World Open Billiards Championship, with both amateurs and professionals competing against each other, was held in 1972. Morgan finished fourth in the
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After an international team event was introduced in professional snooker in 1979, Morgan was one of the three members of the Australia team in the
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after consistently missing classes to play the game. In January 1960 he moved to Coventry, where he worked as a machinist, and later as a
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difficulty settling after that and lost the next seven frames to allow Morgan to progress to the second round, where he lost 7–15 to
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in 1960. Following an amateur career in which he won junior and national titles in both sports, and reached the semi-finals of the
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and a 13–6 defeat of Alex Higgins to reach the semi-finals, where he faced Charlton. Morgan led 16–14 at the start of their final
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magazine the following year, Morgan's playing career had been "spoilt by eye trouble". Morgan had been diagnosed with
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after his first match in the qualifying competition, defeated 7–9 by David Taylor, and at his next appearance, in
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aged nine, at St Patrick's Parochial Hall. Coached by Tom McCann, Morgan won the Under-16
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so that he could compete in more professional events. In the qualifying rounds of the
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in the final of a professional tournament held at the Westpoint Shopping Centre,
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Wheeler, Les (October 1985). "Robbie Foldvari wins Australian billiards title".
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in the final. He also won the Under-19 title twice; in 1959, 446–321 against
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after they had finished level in their first-stage qualifying group for the
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table with seven wins from eleven matches, which included victories against
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Patrick Morgan was born on 7 January 1943 in Belfast. He started playing
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1,655–1,107 in qualifying but then lost 978–1,907 to eventual champion
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Yates, Philip (May 1991). "The hard road from Preston to Sheffield".
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From 1984 until at least 1997, Morgan was resident professional at
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Terry, Tom (April 1991). "Russell beats Sethi in classic final".
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Jordan, Doug (December 1984). "Professional help for members".
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Harper, Ronnie (27 December 1986). "Forget past shows, Paddy".
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Harper, Ronnie (10 March 1966). "All too easy for Anderson".
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Cockington, James (13 December 1985). "Them's the breaks".
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he faced Thorburn again, and lost 6–15 in the first round.
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Morgan turned professional in 1970. He participated in the
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qualifying competition, Morgan lost in the first round to
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Wilkins, Phil (12 July 1974). "Schoolboy goes to pot".
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World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association
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He was a member of the Australia team at the 1574: 1322:"Coventry bus conductor wins billiards title". 373:, which despite the name was not an edition of 371:1976 World Professional Match-play Championship 138:1976 World Professional Match-play Championship 1374:"Global Snooker Countries – Northern Ireland" 995:Australian Professional Snooker Championship 835:Northern Ireland Amateur Snooker Championship 635: 398:Charlton both qualified for the final of the 229:Northern Ireland Amateur Snooker Championship 184:in January 1958, with a 400–260 victory over 182:British Junior English Billiards Championship 913: 863: 142:Australian Professional Snooker Championship 1905:"Wildman takes title in agonising finish". 1644: 1642: 1621:"Other National Professional Championships" 1952: 1291: 839: 504:and Fred Davis before being eliminated by 1816: 1797:"Davis win continues billiards revival". 1683:. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 98. 1242: 1240: 1238: 1207: 1205: 1131:The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker 1124: 1122: 1120: 1118: 1116: 1114: 1112: 1110: 1108: 1106: 443:World Professional Billiards Championship 400:1977 Australian Professional Championship 1855: 1853: 1678: 1639: 1575:Thorburn, Cliff; Everton, Clive (1987). 1347: 1157:"How they line up – snooker special 3". 724:Northern Ireland Billiards Championship 508:. He won a play-off against Everton and 2090:Australian players of English billiards 1933: 1931: 1821:. Kobyhadrian Books. pp. 168–169. 1812: 1810: 1808: 1657: 1466: 1401: 1376:. Global Snooker Centre. Archived from 1352:. Twickenham: Hamlyn Publishing Group. 1176: 1152: 1150: 485:, 10–9 on the final black ball against 240:1968 World Amateur Snooker Championship 111:1968 World Amateur Snooker Championship 2072: 2057: 2042: 2012: 1997: 1859: 1717: 1715: 1495: 1493: 1420: 1397: 1395: 1343: 1341: 1339: 1337: 1335: 1333: 1235: 1202: 1172: 1170: 1168: 1128: 1103: 377:, Morgan recorded a 13–12 win against 249: 1982: 1937: 1850: 1681:Snooker: records, facts and champions 1672: 1600: 1598: 1596: 1011: 1008: 949: 946: 817: 814: 694:British Junior Billiards Championship 661:British Junior Billiards Championship 630:British Junior Billiards Championship 606: 603: 2013:Jordan, Doug (May 1986). "Snooker". 1928: 1805: 1782:"State Express World Team Classic". 1704:"Charlton trails in title snooker". 1426: 1147: 1073:Australian Professional Championship 1037:Australian Professional Championship 1019: 1005: 1002: 999: 957: 943: 940: 937: 820: 811: 808: 805: 614: 600: 597: 594: 561:attained by Morgan was 21st, in the 516:, but lost to both David Taylor and 302:. He reached the final by defeating 221:St Mary's Christian Brothers' School 140:. Morgan was twice runner-up in the 1712: 1490: 1392: 1366: 1330: 1258:from the original on 10 August 2016 1165: 780:All-Ireland Billiards Championship 752:All-Ireland Billiards Championship 13: 1593: 972:World Open Billiards Championship 909:Irish Amateur Snooker Championship 456: 233:Irish Amateur Snooker Championship 219:Aged 15, Morgan was expelled from 18:Former professional snooker player 14: 2121: 1842:"Paddy is ready for big chance". 1429:Rothmans Snooker Yearbook 1987–88 884:All-Ireland Snooker Championship 860:All-Ireland Snooker Championship 1801:. December 1980. pp. 12–15. 1756:. December 1980. pp. 18–25. 1726:. 11 September 1977. p. 89. 1504:. February 1973. pp. 15–26. 579: 563:snooker world rankings 1976/1977 524:, after qualifying by defeating 275:, but winning his match against 136:to reach the semi-finals of the 2051: 2036: 2021: 2006: 1991: 1976: 1968:"Eight qualify for Bangalore". 1961: 1946: 1913: 1898: 1883: 1879:. 18 February 1984. p. 11. 1868: 1835: 1790: 1786:. 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December 1980. pp. 3–9. 1668:. 7 December 1976. p. 13. 1300: 1285: 1270: 1185: 429:, and at subsequent events in 238:He represented Ireland at the 1: 1515:"Irishmen in snooker final". 1311:. 4 January 1960. p. 11. 1096: 171: 124:In 1972, he was runner-up to 1564:. 17 March 1974. p. 66. 1326:. 20 April 1961. p. 38. 1090: 1087: 1056: 1051: 988: 985: 921: 895: 871: 847: 794: 791: 766: 763: 738: 735: 710: 707: 679: 676: 646: 643: 375:snooker's world championship 310:, and finished runner-up to 216:, which cost him the match. 7: 1972:. May 1991. pp. 18–19. 1894:. 3 March 1984. p. 18. 1846:. 2 March 1984. p. 36. 1752:"State Express World Cup". 1737:"A successful experiment". 1664:"Morgan leads in snooker". 1653:. February 1977. p. 5. 1609:. January 1977. p. 23. 1486:. 23 June 1972. p. 13. 1192:"Tulleygalley on the way". 227:. In 1964, he won both the 10: 2126: 2110:Sportspeople from Coventry 2095:Australian snooker players 1649:"Charlton downs Reardon". 1324:Coventry Evening Telegraph 1198:. 7 March 1992. p. 5. 584: 514:1984 International Masters 115:World Snooker Championship 2105:Sportspeople from Belfast 2032:. August 1997. p. 4. 1955:The Sydney Morning Herald 1909:. May 1984. pp. 7–8. 1724:The Sydney Morning Herald 1706:The Sydney Morning Herald 1666:The Sydney Morning Herald 1562:The Sydney Morning Herald 1532:The Sydney Morning Herald 1530:"Morgan 4–0 in snooker". 1517:The Sydney Morning Herald 1179:The Sydney Morning Herald 1060: 1024: 962: 899: 875: 851: 825: 770: 742: 714: 683: 650: 619: 477:9–2 before losing 1–9 to 317:In 1974, Morgan defeated 263:, losing matches against 71: 63: 55: 30: 1890:"Martin in semi-final". 1877:Ireland's Saturday Night 1862:Ireland's Saturday Night 1817:Kobylecky, John (2019). 1294:Ireland's Saturday Night 1195:Ireland's Saturday Night 427:1979 World Challenge Cup 254: 1722:"Snooker to Charlton". 1456:. May 1970. p. 12. 1402:Everton, Clive (1985). 498:1983 International Open 483:1983 World Championship 453:in the quarter-finals. 441:. At the November 1980 321:World Snooker champion 101:player. 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Index

Belfast
ranking
1976/1977
snooker
English billiards
Belfast
Coventry
1968 World Amateur Snooker Championship
World Snooker Championship
the 1971 tournament
Leslie Driffield
Dennis Taylor
Alex Higgins
1976 World Professional Match-play Championship
Australian Professional Snooker Championship
1976
1977
World Cup of snooker
1979
1982
1991 World Snooker Championship
English billiards
British Junior English Billiards Championship
David Bend
Peter Shelley
potted
black ball
in off
St Mary's Christian Brothers' School
bus conductor

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